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Military personnel, per capita in Brazil

Brazil: Military personnel, per capita was 0.0017 people per person in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.0017 people per person
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
120th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.0042 people per person
in 1975
All-time low
0.0015 people per person
in 2007
Years of data
63
1960–2022

Military personnel, per capita in Brazil, 1960–2022

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Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.0017 people per person for military personnel, per capita in 2022.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, military personnel, per capita in Brazil peaked at 0.0042 people per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 people per person, in 2007.

That places Brazil 120th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Military personnel, per capita in Brazil, year by year

Year people per person Change
1960 0.0033 people per person —
1961 0.0024 people per person -27.5%
1962 0.0024 people per person -0.2%
1963 0.0039 people per person +60.1%
1964 0.0039 people per person +0.3%
1965 0.0038 people per person -1.2%
1966 0.0038 people per person -1.2%
1967 0.0037 people per person -1.1%
1968 0.0037 people per person +0.4%
1969 0.0039 people per person +3.3%
1970 0.0039 people per person +1.6%
1971 0.0038 people per person -2.4%
1972 0.0041 people per person +6.7%
1973 0.0041 people per person -0.0%
1974 0.0041 people per person +1.1%
1975 0.0042 people per person +2.1%
1976 0.0041 people per person -3.4%
1977 0.004 people per person -2.4%
1978 0.0039 people per person -2.4%
1979 0.0038 people per person -2.3%
1980 0.0037 people per person -2.3%
1981 0.0036 people per person -2.3%
1982 0.0036 people per person -0.1%
1983 0.0035 people per person -2.2%
1984 0.0035 people per person -2.4%
1985 0.0037 people per person +5.8%
1986 0.0038 people per person +4.1%
1987 0.0038 people per person +0.6%
1988 0.0022 people per person -42.2%
1989 0.0022 people per person -1.8%
1990 0.002 people per person -9.2%
1991 0.0019 people per person -1.7%
1992 0.0019 people per person -1.3%
1993 0.0019 people per person -1.6%
1994 0.0019 people per person -1.6%
1995 0.0018 people per person -1.5%
1996 0.0018 people per person -1.5%
1997 0.0018 people per person -1.5%
1998 0.0017 people per person -1.5%
1999 0.0017 people per person -0.1%
2000 0.0017 people per person -5.3%
2001 0.0016 people per person -1.3%
2002 0.0016 people per person -1.2%
2003 0.0016 people per person -1.2%
2004 0.0016 people per person +1.3%
2005 0.0016 people per person +1.6%
2006 0.0015 people per person -6.3%
2007 0.0015 people per person -0.7%
2008 0.0019 people per person +26.6%
2009 0.0017 people per person -12.2%
2010 0.0017 people per person -0.2%
2011 0.0016 people per person -3.8%
2012 0.0016 people per person -0.8%
2013 0.0016 people per person -0.8%
2014 0.0016 people per person -0.8%
2015 0.0016 people per person -0.8%
2016 0.0016 people per person +4.5%
2017 0.0016 people per person -0.7%
2018 0.0016 people per person -0.7%
2019 0.0016 people per person -0.6%
2020 0.0018 people per person +8.9%
2021 0.0018 people per person -0.4%
2022 0.0017 people per person -0.4%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 0.0017 people per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.003 people per person, 58% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 0.0017 people per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0021 people per person, 83% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Military personnel, per capita in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1963 +60.1% 0.0024 people per person 0.0039 people per person
1988 -42.2% 0.0038 people per person 0.0022 people per person
2008 +26.6% 0.0015 people per person 0.0019 people per person
1961 -27.5% 0.0033 people per person 0.0024 people per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0035 people per person 0.0024 people per person 0.0039 people per person 10
1970s 0.004 people per person 0.0038 people per person 0.0042 people per person 10
1980s 0.0034 people per person 0.0022 people per person 0.0038 people per person 10
1990s 0.0018 people per person 0.0017 people per person 0.002 people per person 10
2000s 0.0016 people per person 0.0015 people per person 0.0019 people per person 10
2010s 0.0016 people per person 0.0016 people per person 0.0017 people per person 10
2020s 0.0018 people per person 0.0017 people per person 0.0018 people per person 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 117 Nicaragua 0.0018 people per person compare
  2. 118 New Zealand 0.0018 people per person compare
  3. 119 Central African Republic 0.0018 people per person compare
  4. 121 Canada 0.0017 people per person compare
  5. 122 Mexico 0.0017 people per person compare
  6. 123 Congo 0.0017 people per person compare

See the full ranking of 193 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is military personnel, per capita in Brazil?
Military personnel, per capita in Brazil was 0.0017 people per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest military personnel, per capita recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.0042 people per person in 1975.
What is the lowest military personnel, per capita recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 people per person in 2007.
How does Brazil rank for military personnel, per capita?
Brazil ranks 120th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
Is military personnel, per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Military personnel, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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How this figure is calculated

Military personnel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Military personnel ÷ Population, total

Computed from

  • Military personnel Correlates of War – National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
  • Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 10,155 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.